Qualifications for domain name applicants

“公司”: Natural person or an organization that has ability to independently bear civil liability

“网络”: Natural person or an organization that has ability to independently bear civil liability

Registration length

Domain name registration shall not exceed 10 years, except for changes due to automatic renewals registration services

Domain Name Prefix registration requirement

1. English letters and numbers can be registered into domain names. Users can use individual or combined simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English letters a to z (Capitalized letters will work the same as the lower-cased), Arabic numerals 0 to 9 and half –angle form connector “-”; “-” cannot place at the beginning or end with.

2. Can register up to a length of 63 characters or 20 Chinese characters when transferred into punycode (transcoding method, see "Chinese domain names online transcoding")

Bonus Policy

l　Previous policies will not be executed including “.公司”domain as a bonus for “公司.cn”registration, while free “.网络”for “网络.cn”.“.公司”and “.网络”will both work independently for registration. 

l　If domain names of simplified Chinese form for “.公司”or “.网络”are registered, Users will get a free package of domain names corresponding to the prefix including forms of pure Simplified Chinese, pure Traditional Chinese, combined Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese or variant Chinese characters. These bonus domain names will need to apply in order to activate.

Priority principle

Follow the "first come, first registration" principle.

New Registration

l　An application for domain name registration shall submit the following information to registrars in written or electronic forms :
1) The domain name applied;
2) The host names and IP addresses of the primary domain name server and the secondary domain name server;
3) The natural person applicant shall submit the name, mailing address, telephone, email;

4) the organizational applicant shall submit the organizational name, organization code certificate, mailing address, email and telephone and so on;
5) names, mailing addresses, e-mails, and telephone numbers of the applicant’s domain name technical contact, management contact, payment contact and the principal undertaker;

6) Materials to be submitted for verification

Mainland area: identity card and organization code certificate are not required to submit electronic or paper version of the documents, other electronic identity documents for registration application materials are required to submit.

Non-mainland areas: Applicants are required to submit electronic document of identity materials.
7) Period for the domain name registration.

l　New registration redemption period

1) The five days after domain name registration counts as new registration redemption period. Registration fees will be refunded if registration service organization delete domain name during this period.

2) During new registration redemption period, registration fees paid by registration service organization will be refunded if domain names are renewed and then deleted.　

Renewal

l　Active renewal: If domain name owner takes initiative to do renewal, 15 days after renewal will be counted as Renewal Grace Period, during which if registration service organization deletes the domain, CNNIC will return renewal fees.

l　Automatic renewal: one year automatic renewal will be implemented when domain name expires, fees will be deducted from registration service organization where domain name belongs.

1.　　　  Renewal confirmation period (30 days after automatic renewal): if domain name holders submit a written form of not renewal notice, domain name service organization should cancel the domain name; If domain name holder neither submit any notice nor renew, domain name registration service organization can cancel the domain name once renewal confirmation period completes.

2.　　　  Automatic renewal period (45 days after automatic renewal): if registration service organization cancels domain name, CNNIC will return deducted automatic renewal fees back to its prepaid account.

l　Domain name redemption: if registration service organization cancels domain names after new registration redemption period, 30 days counting from cancelation will be high price redemption period. During redemption period, original domain name holders will negotiate with registrar to decide the redemption price; CNNIC will deduct one year renewal fees 1000 yuan from registrar’s prepaid account per domain name redemption; if applicants do not redeem during this period, domain names will be deleted in 5 days.

l　Renewal prohibition: if domain name registration information is untrue, incomplete and inaccurate, and users do not update during regulated time, CNNIC can require registrars not to provide renewal service to such users.　　

Transfer I

l　The domain name holder shall not apply for changing the registrar in the following circumstances:

1) The domain name has been registered for less than sixty days;
2) The period of registration will expire in less than fifteen days;
3) The domain name has been registered with unpaid registration fees;
4) The domain name holder has unidentified or is in disputed status;
5) The domain name is held under proceedings of a judicial body, an arbitration institution or a domain name dispute resolution institution.

l　The original registrar (hereinafter referred to as the transferor) shall send the correct transfer code to the management contact email of the domain name registration information within three working days after receiving a valid application submitted by the domain name holder, and shall not charge for the transfer. If the transferor fails to provide the transfer code within three working days after receiving a valid application submitted by the domain name holder, or provides incorrect transfer code, then CNNIC may directly change the registration service provider.

l　The registrar which the domain name is transferred to (hereinafter referred to as the transferee) shall make a request for changes to CNNIC after receiving the application for changing the domain name registration service provider submitted by the domain name holder.

l　CNNIC shall, upon receiving the transferee’s request for changing, give notices to the transferee and the transferor in writing (including that in electronic form). If the transferor gives express consent to the changing or fails to make replies within five working days after CNNIC gives the written (or electronic) notices, then CNNIC will change the registrar.

l　If the transferor rejects the request for transfer, it shall promptly notify CNNIC and the transferee in writing (including that in electronic form) with specific reason explained.

l　CNNIC shall reject the domain name holder’s application for transfer if the reason for refusal explained by the transferor is included in that specified in Article 29; if the reasons are out of the Article 29, CNNIC may change the registrar.

l　CNNIC shall notify the transferor and the transferee in writing (including that in electronic form) of the updates of database and information of the registration service provider.

l　After the domain name holder changes the registrar, the transferee shall pay CNNIC for one-year operation of the domain name transferred. The period for the registration shall then be extended for one year.

l　15 days after transfer is counted as Transfer Grace Period, during which if transferor withdraws the domain, CNNIC will return the transfer fees to the prepaid account.　

Transfer II

l　Any organization that applies for domain name transfer shall submit the valid and effective application form for domain name transfer and identification. Registrars shall audit when receiving the materials above within three working days and change the domain name holder after the qualified auditing result.

l　The registrars shall submit the changed registration information to CNNIC within three working days after receiving the changes from the domain name holder.

l　The registrars shall not make changes to any client’s registration information without the consent of the domain name holder.

l　The registrar shall not accept any application of the domain name holder for transferring or canceling any domain name under judicial proceedings, arbitrations or dispute resolution process, except where the party to which the domain name is being transferred agrees in writing to be bound by the judgment of the people’s court, the arbitration institution or the institution resolving the domain name dispute.

Changes

l　In case of any changes to the information of the domain name holder, the domain name holder shall apply to the registrars for registration information changing within thirty days after the changes take place according to the change confirmation way selected when applying for the domain name. The registrars shall submit the changed registration information to CNNIC within three working days after receiving the changes from the domain name holder.

l　In case of any changes to the registration information rather than the information of the domain name holder, the domain name holder shall apply to the registrars for registration information changing according to the change confirmation way selected when applying for the domain name.

l　The registrars shall not make changes to any client’s registration information without the consent of the domain name holder.

Cancellation

l　Any organization that applies for domain name cancellation shall submit the valid and effective application form for domain name cancellation and identification documents. Registrars shall audit when receiving the materials above within three working days and cancel the domain name holder after the qualified auditing result.

l The registrar shall not accept any application of the domain name holder for transferring or canceling any domain name under judicial proceedings, arbitrations or dispute resolution process, except where the party to which the domain name is being transferred agrees in writing to be bound by the judgment of the people’s court, the arbitration institution or the institution resolving the domain name dispute.